2015: The Year in Government Secrecy
Dec 24, 2015 Here's a rundown on how this past year shaped up on the issue of government accountability (hint: not well) from someone who knows quite a bit on the subject: reporter Jason Leopold, who's familiarized himself thoroughly on the secrecy tip as well as on the Freedom of Information Act and its uses.
What We Know (and Don’t Know) About This Year’s Bilderberg Meeting
Jun 11, 2015 What could possibly be sinister about leaders of the world's most powerful companies and countries meeting in closed sessions on an Austrian mountaintop to discuss global strategy?
Vladimir Putin Declares All Military Deaths State Secrets
May 29, 2015 The Russian president has declared that all military deaths -- in peacetime as well as wartime -- will be classified as state secrets, with violations punishable by up to seven years in prison.
Journalist for The Intercept Is Kicked Out of Counterterrorism Conference
Apr 24, 2015 “We’re not banning you, we’re just not allowing you access,” a security officer told reporter Ryan Gallagher when he showed up at one of the world’s largest annual counterterrorism events.
Guerrilla Artists Install Bust of Edward Snowden in Brooklyn
Apr 6, 2015 An anonymous group worked in secret to place a 100-pound tribute to the whistleblower in Fort Greene Park.
Oh, No: The ACLU Helped Jail CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou
Feb 10, 2015 One of the U.S.' most respected civil liberties organizations collaborated with President Reagan's CIA in writing secrecy laws that enabled the prosecution of Bush-era whistleblower John Kiriakou, reports Mark Ames at Pando Daily.
Why Is Huge Trade Deal Being Kept Secret?
Feb 7, 2015 The trade rules of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership between the United States and 11 Asian nations would cover nearly 40 percent of the world economy -- but don't ask what they are. Access to the text of the proposed deal is highly restricted.
Why Isn’t David Petraeus on Trial?
Jan 10, 2015 The U.S. government has treated principled whistle-blowers like treasonous spies, yet Attorney General Eric Holder has reportedly ignored recommendations from his own FBI and Justice Department to prosecute former CIA chief David Petraeus.
The Five Commandments of Barack Obama
Feb 28, 2014 In his first weeks in office, in a series of executive orders and public statements, the new president broadcast for all to hear the five commandments by which life in his new world of national security would be lived.
‘The Fukushima Secrecy Syndrome’
Feb 23, 2014 In December, the Japanese government rammed through parliament a law that would let the government alone decide what state secrets are and throw civil employees who divulge them in jail for up to 10 years, while journalists could get five years, Ralph Nader writes at CounterPunch.
